The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-08 00:00:00

Two O'CLOCK. At the adjourned meeting to-day of the British and American Exchange Banking Corporation, Mr. Cotterell, the solicitor to the company, stated that it was not necessary toallude to the re-election of the directors in the notice convening the meeting. A shareholder then proposed a sort of compromise between the directors and shareholders, namely, that the board should consent to elect two mem bers, one for London, and the other for Liverpool, and to leave open the other two vacancies till the Meetin g of the 261 February. This suggestion having been agreed to by the directors, the meet ing separated. At the Paris Bourse this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the Three per Cent. Rentes Were quoted at 66f. 75c. Heavy. No alt erat i on has taken place to-day in the market for f the E aßlish funds, Consols remaining at 91 i h or n1 " 8 Y, and at 911 f, for the account. Business a : 8 been very dull. The New Threea and Reduced ; Ex c h equer Bill s , par t o 3 s . p rem . ; 104 i. P er Cents., 10 6 -I ; Enlaced 5 per Cents., The Foreign Market has presented a very heavy EtePpearanee, a n d Cents IR business is quiet. Turkish 6 per - -- 2 ) are 67 , 68 ; ditto Consolides, 47i 1; G reek Band s, 241 ; Spanish Passive, 34 1 ; Mexi "tl' 36: Portuguese, 471- ; Russian, 88i 891 ; kild t the Conf e d erate Loan, 38 40. be er , iiine as in the Railway Share Market has again 13,-; itaetive, but a firmer tone has prevailed. i t: (3l a nd Exeter have improved £l, a nd G rea t 1 rr 8 , 41 1 Brighton, and North West er n, a b ou t s s . "." Foreign and Colonial undertakings show a 0 change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate reque;it, Loudon and County have advanced to and Union of London to 417 ; Mauritius C redit are quoted 11 prem. ; National Shipping Company, k 7,- prem.; Pacific Steam, 1 : 1- 1 prem. ; Contract Corporation, 211 3.1, prem.; and Australian Steam, 2 f, prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. , GOVERN/dB - NT FUNDS. " Per. Cent. C onso l s D itto Account Feb. 4 9ll 901 1 Per Cent, Reduced 91 i 901 1/ New 3 per Cent Zew 31 per Cent. Jan. 1891... Ne w 3/ per Cent. Annuities 6 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 .. A nnuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs expire sth April, 1885. - •• D itto (R e d Sea Telegraph) Aug. 1908. Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 — D itto 4 per Cent. 1888 — Ditto ditto April, 1864 E xche Di tto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Diquer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 3 pm par tto £SOO Bank Ditto £lOO and £2OO Stock, Ind N ia DI4N G OvEUNME NT S ECURITIES. Stock 1874 Di tto Account Ditt o 6 per Cent. ditto Account. ....... Ditto 4 per Cent, . 1883 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 Per Cent Ditto A b " Per ent., Jan. 1872 _ Itto bonds Zl,OOO ....... par .... — lO4l 4 _Ditto under £l,OOO ftR EIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4118trian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ,-, .. Ditto 1859 -. -- Brazilian 5 Per Cent Di tto, 1839 and 1869 — Bu . Ditto 41 Per Cent., 1852 . 58-60 61108 Ayres 6 per Cent _ Colombia Ditto 100 Bonds 721 6 Scrip £l5 pd Cu 6 per Cent. Cuba,n 6 per Cent. Daniaoitto 4f per Cent, ...... — D utc h 4 per Cent., 1863 vutch, Newer Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders 'c'Tiador Consolidated. 1 per Cent — , Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — '4gYptian 7 per Cent 1 Ditto, Seco n d I ssue - 101 "reek 5 .) per Cent 1821-6, ex - Coupons — Ditto Acc0unt........... Ditto Coupons Ditto Account..,.., quatemal s 5 per Cent lll Italian 5 per Cent.(Nlaremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .. • . ...... Ditto Account 36t Moorish I m p er i al 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deterred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian per Cent, Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 ........... DitteAccount ...................... 86 l'earnontese 5 per Cent., Ex. 251. Ditto, 1883 ......... Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid Pm Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. — Ditto / ) 3 per Cent 1856 '7 '9, '6O, 62,'3 R Ditto Account 471 i 44 asian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St .. Ditto ,“ per Cent 1850 . 861 Ditio 1860 . i D • tto 3 p er Cent., 18;59 .. . Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B9l I 87 ;ftrdn 5 Polish 3 per Cent.......... per Cent Ditto Acc oun t ° Pa ssive 11 i 1340 Account 34 1 tto Account 131 14 1, 1) . 4 0 New Deferred _ Ditto Account '!Pani.sh Cert. of Coup not funded — .3Wedish 4 Turkiah, Per Cent .. blittlo A 6 c P c( e irunCt eut. 1854 to 6 Per bitt o ACent. ' ° • - Dit t o 69 r Ce°llnt I)' ) Per Cent. 1863 Ditto :!gA ccount 6B 7k , tioo Bonds 6Bl 71 Ilitt o 6 Di tto ~..i:ier Cent. 1863 v, 0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct,, 1863 ,7ztteia. 3 per Cent. Ditto!lt6 per Cent 1962 .. Account ''' ................. A ll 1 ,nividends on the above payable in London. tail P ans 5 per Cent Ex, 10 Florins. -- - 1p , lxii 4 Cent., Ex. 4 )4 „, , per Ex. 25f. D,o4iinetes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f, — 13 itto i t tar Ce llt, Ex. 12 Guil It a i i: t - per Cent. Certificates Bi t ' t • 5 Per Cent., 14(11, E. 25 ;Tams — u keeftat...• ......... •., , 0 :„ TWO O'CLOCK. bli l t i : neY Account. . Ull I ................ ..•• 4 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing "hare Railways Paid. Price. Business__ don, 14 Atlantic & fit Lawreidet all 60 t 2 sk i liom.,Barodia.Cent Ind 100 104! 1( 51 I Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 204 Buffalo and Laise Huron all 6 6i 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godriel. , 0 ., 6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18% ' ' 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 187-I 100 st Cleuttadz S.Eastn. (Lin , 100 102 104 st Cape Town ..:, Dock Scril 100 101 103 stock gastn. Bengal gu. sp. , 100 106 107 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 l(51 106} 106 i 20 Do. do. G Ext..— 15 i lip 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Ivy 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 74 16 100 Do. no. deferred all 6i 62 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonus all 63 70 67 100 Do. do. deferred all 53 3 , 1 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 41 43 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 27 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 23 e 5 stock Gt.lncilarenin.g - ua.sp.c 100 106 107 107 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 li 11 p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1} lip stock tit. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1031 1044 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharesall 10 104 204 Do. New 18 11 104 , . 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 5,4 p. e. do. '77-8.... all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 i $n stock Madras guar., sp. c. stock Do. 11 p. c. Extension 100 100 101 stock De. Ci do lOO 16 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock Nlelb.Corp. 6p. c. Bncis lOO 50 Melb. & Ilobson's Bay all 57 59 100 Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. Bds all 40 Newlirtinswick a Caudu Class A and B. all 3 5 N. Itl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde ....».. •• ) (100 104 105 stock Do. Delhi.. I '....: 100 108 107 0 • Iv Do. d 0........... • ' , o: a 2 J Sp 24 at Do. Punjaub .... to ci all 105} 1064 1041 Du. Do. . ...... , f,e,. 100 rock Do. Indus.clt. Flo.) 1100 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC URITIES. k.si,A.lov. 6p....11.. ,n..: tit; 1877-34 ................. 100 102 104 , Do. 6p. c. Feb. & An.,..:. 100 IC2 104 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 D 0..! p. c. Jan.&July. Its 91 a 2 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.Llope. 8p 0,1871 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 188(r 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent . 100 104 106 :Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 1(8 110 -- I N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&J ulj. 100 102 IC4 Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p I,lBa 100 90 100 De. sp. c.,1841 to 151 f 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 160 991 160 i New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. C lOO 108 110 I S. Aus G6p.c.1573.2; up lOO 108 110 ;Vic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 104 106 i Do. to time. An.&00... 100 110 111 110 f I 1108 f BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ' f fd UPtlord Amalgamated.. 354 364 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 63 65 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. Id par East Caradon .. '04.6 27 28 East Cam Brea E. WlRussel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 5 54 Gam.JtSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 581 8 10 Great South Tolgus l7s 44 41 C. Wheal Vor(Helstom 40 14 15 Grenville 6.16. e 44 5 Hercd's-Foot . 8.12 67 39 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 3 34 Lady Bertha vlargaret (Uny Lelant, 9k 14 16 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2/ 14 4E d New Setun l9l 90 100 —• North Downs 24 14 2 N.Wh'i Basset(Illoom, 3.1.0 2. 3 North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols(6t. Blaze),) Vrovidenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 43 45 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 425 135 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — - - v heal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 25 30 0 famar Silv.dt Lead Min 44 Lin Crott 9 181 19 West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W radon (Liskeard) 5 20 2 t West Beton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 85 90 Wheal Buller(Sedruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeutt Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 12 126 Wheal 3eton . . 584 145 155 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 22 Wheal Union 3.17 t 3 34 A PERSEVERING LOVER.—Mr. Stoddart, soliciter, came before Mr. Partridge, after the applications for warrants, summonses, and advice had been heard, and the first night charge had been placed in the dock, and after an apology for the interruption, requested a tall, military looking man, with what the ladies call a handsome moustache, to step into the witness box, and he did so very quickly. Mr. Stoddart then said,—l know lam behind time, but this case is a very urgent one. My client paid his addresses to a young woman, and they were to be married, but unfortu nately about 12 months ago he lost his father, and his mother was left a widow with a large family to main tain. The young man, from prudential considerations, gave up the idea of marriage, and devoted his time and attention to his widowed mother and her family. Hi s intended bride, however, insisted on his fulfilling his pro mise to marry her, and on his refusal to do so, her love changed to hatred. She annoyed and insulted him and threatened to take his life. He was at last compelled to seek the protection of the law, and she was bound over to keep the peace towards him by your worship or your colleague. She has lately demanded a renewal of the tender and honourable intercourse which fottnerly existed between them. He has refused to hake anything to do with her, and she has threatened him with revenge, and recommenced her system of annoyance. She has threatened him, created a disturbance, and been to his place of abode several times and called him out. I believe she will injure him very seriously if she is not restrained. Mr. Partridge—Take your summons. Mr. Stoddart—A. peace summons against the lady for using threatening language. It is necessary it should be granted immediately—my client holds a situation in the Church establishment, and it is in danger through the con duct of the female in question. The summons was then made out. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market this morning the arrivals of Eng lish wheat by land carriage were small, and the receipts by water extremely limited. Both for red and white qualities the trade ruled firm, and prices advanced is per qr. from Monday last. With foreign wheat the market was by Ho means exten sively supplied. Importers were very firm in their demands, and all descriptions were held at is per qr. more money. A very moderate business was, however, transacted. Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm, and prices had an upward tendency. For good and fine malting barley there was a steady de mand at extreme rates ; otherwise, the barley trade was quiet on former terms. Malt was in fair average request at late quotations. The supply of foreign oats on sale was large. About an average business was transacted in most descriptions at pre.. vious currencies. Beans and peas moved off steadily, and late prices were well supported. Barrel flour was very scarce, and firm in price. Country marks met a steady sale, and the quotations had an upward tendency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English-- 100 I 1,630 1630 I 70 470 Irish — 1200 Foreign.— —14,250 5,833 40,080 sks NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale to-day was very moderate. For all qualities the trade ruled firm at enhanced currencies. Per Slb. by the carcase. s cl ad Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 4 Nliddling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small do. .. 4 4 4 6 Large pork .... 3 10 4 6 Inferior mutton. 3 10 4 4 a dad Middling mutton 4 6 4 8 Prime do .. 4 10 5 0 Veal. Small pork 4 8 5 0 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale continues very merle rate, and the trade rules firm in the extreme on higher terms. With foreign produce the market is by no means extensively supplied, and there is a good demand for all qualities at enhanced rates. Mid and East Kents £5 5s to £9 10s per owt. Weald of Kents 5 Os to 6 15s „ Sussex 5 5s to 6 Os „ Bavarian 5 5s to 8 8s „ Belgian American TIONEY MARKET AND COI 3 IIIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A. very favourable impression is still predominant in the general discount market, and traders are consequently only supplying themselves with ac commodation for present purposes. It is generally considered probable that when the release of the Government and other dividends shall have been effected the available balances will be largely in creased, and the authorities will be moved to lower their official quotations. Already some of the bill brokers are working per cent. under the minimum of the Bank of England, but 61 per cent. is still the ordinary charge for first class three months' bills. The only bullion operation of importance at the Bank yesterday was a withdrawal of 107,000 sove reigns for transmission to the Brazils. The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of discount from 5 to 41 per cent. The changes shown in the following analysis of the Bank of England return should have been ex pected at this period of the year. Tie rather active demand for money lately experienced, and the expenditure of the Government, are seen in the increase of the other securities, and the decrease in the reserve notes, with a diminution in the bullion and the Government deposits. Active Circulation 20,718,260 Increase 592,230 Bullion .. .. 14,196.751 Decrease .. " 165,851 Rest 3 306,816 In crease .. " 65,798 P ublic Dep os it s 10,001,932 Decrease .. " ** 840,009 Other Deposits.. " 13,052,604 n Increase .. .. 31,332 °even Day an d o th er Bill s .. 604,044 Increase 43,536 Government Securities .. 10,957,189 Decrease .. " 141 Other Securities 22 , 432 , 763 Increase 48,939 Notes Unemployed .. 7,446,000 Decrease .. ** " 760,21 n D uring th e last few days a quieter tone has been apparent in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, the foggy weather having impeded the inspection of samples. Sugars have been neglected, but holders demand full rates. The public sales of Coffee were postponed, while only moderate trans actions were reported in tea, cocoa, rice, saltpetre, and tallow at about former rates. SHARE MARKETS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share: Railways. raid. Closing Business Price. clone. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.kJo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ... • Cor.: and Bandon Cornwall 8 8i - - 81 8i 83 65 121 122 7 7i 10 Do Ac k tAi 'refs ll 6 p e. D no an.l ' l l l ' ; 1 0 Do. B ( been paid to B. 5 0 Dublin & Belfast June. 25 ,Dun.,Pertli,&Ab. June. st 'Edinburgh & Glasgow., st Glasg. and S. Western. at Great Eastern, Ord. stk at Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at at GreatNorthot Scotland st Great Northern... at Do A stock st Do B do at Gt. S. and W. of Irelan, at 'Great Western ...... at Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and Blackwall st Lon., Bright..& S. COadi at Lon., Chat., and Dover at ; Lon. & Nor'h Western; at Lon. & Scr.th Western; at 'Man., Shef., & Lincoln., 50 IMaryport and Carlisle. 12i j Dot shares.. at Metropolitan at ;Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland; 25 Do. shares 25 Mid Kert ... 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchas( at Do Leeds at Do York • at Do Carlisle.... st orth London 1 0 ' Do New 19.18.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock at ' Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpooi at Shropshire Union at South Devon at South Eastern at ;South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 20 'Staines, Wok.,andWok 26 ;Stockton & Darlington' 25 Do 25 Do New, 1666 st Taff Vale— •• ...... • • 10 Do B 10 Do C 60 Ulster 37 39 1(4 17 48 99 107 109 50 51 47 49 8 8i 127 128 131- 132 i, 134 136 98 109 65 651 111 1111 73 74 108 43y 44k , 107; 107/ 1014 102§ 501 51 110 ill 129 )201 1g :g , 96 1,0 53 64 25 WO 104 105 Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool HarAzlt. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 25 10 st st 50 20 59 60 90 91 123 125 1 2 p 781 791 11 111 124 126 13 45 93 10u 63 64 33 St 951 .30 £8 100 10 104 ;s8 30, 9 10 u 74 7j. P 168 160 5 34 (. 1 21 3#p 8.3 86 170 175 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 110 Great Western Orig. 41 per cent. pf., 971 8 Gt. Western, W. Midland gua. shares 51 per cent., 1863, fij} Midland 4) per cent. pf. stk. rd., 103 Ditto 41 per cent., irred., 'O4 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 281 FOREIGN RAILWAY S. Antwerp and Rotterdam, si 9 Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gust. 7 per cent., 18* Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum,.t.B/ Recite and San Francisca (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 172 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 214 Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 14 FOREIGN MINER. Cape Copper, lim., 74 / Cobre Copper, 3t f Port Philip, 11 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon aan and Liverpool (Um.), 462 Ditto, new, 32 Anglo Austrian, 6f Australasia, 771 7 Bank of Egypt, 261 Bank of Otago, lim., 2f Bank of Queensland (lim), 16 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chlna,:4o City,ll2o Consolidated Bank, Um., 10i English and Swedish, lim., European Bank, Um., 3} Imperial Ottoman, )74 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., i t London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 48 London and County, 611 London Joint Stock, 391 London and South American, lien. , 27 Merchant Bank, lim , 61 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 22f Oriental Bank Corporation. 584 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi (11m.", 61 Union of Ireland (lim.), 202 Union of London, 412 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18 Discount Corporation, limited, 111 Etiglish and Australian Copper, 21 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., lid Hudson's Bay, 171 International Financial Society, lim., 91 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, G per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 83 Joint •stock Discount, tik London Financial Association, 251 5 National Discount Company, 11m., 101 National Steam Navigation, lim., 21 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance). lirn., 71 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of L 3 17s. 104 d. p2r ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in London and Park,. By advices from Hamburg the pric e of gold is 4214 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.44 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is la:; to 161 per cent., and the premium on ,gold is 491 to 491 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. 25 12.10 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF FELONY.—Anne libeler, 1, King's-place, St. James's, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a gold Albert chain, of the value of £2, the property of Mr. Frederick Pansmore, artist, 15, Nassau street, Middlesex Hospital. On the accused being placed at the bar, Sergeant Harrison, the acting inspector at Vine-street Police-station, said that at a quarter-past four this morning the accused was brought up to the station by a constable and the complainant, charging her with stealing his gold Albert chain while in Piccadilly. The charge was entered, and almost immediately afterwards the complainant found his chain iu his pocket. lie (the sergeant) in consequence took bail for the accused. Mr. Knox said the complainant had placed himself in a very awkward predicament, and ne would recommend him to make the accused some compensation, or ho would be liable to an action for false imprisonment. The accused was then discharged. WESTMIXSTER. JUVENILE PILFERING.—Dennis Murphy, John Mur phy, and Wm. Whiting, three ragged and dirty boys, were charged with stealing a large piece of bacon from out side the shop of Mrs. Anne Filbee, cheesemonger, 13, Moreton-street, Pimlico. John Ferris, shopman to Mrs. Filbee, said that about 6 o'clock yesterday evening the piece of bacon was outside the shop exposed for sale. A lady came into the shop and told witness that some boys were loitering outside; and as wit ness had only a boy with him in the shop he went and asked a neighbour to look after them, and about 10 minutes afterwards a person broUght one of the boys in with the bacon. Mr. Burrella, grocer, 11, Moreton•street, said that his attention was drawn to the boys by last witness. He stood opposite and watched the three prisoners. The younger Murphy (Dennis) walked by two or three times and then took the bacon. He then crossed to Whiting and gave him the bacon, which he concealed under his coat. They then joined John Murphy, who had been keeping watch opposite witness's shop, and all three boys walked away together. Witness followed and tookWhiting,who dropped the bacon on his foot. The first witness pursued the others and cap tured them. Whiting's father stepped forward and said his boy had got into bad company. He had only been in London four days, and had come from Suffolk. Police-constable Croono proved t hat the two Murphys had been before convicted, and that Murphy's father-in law, when informed of the affair, treated it very lightly. Ferris stated that some months ago the younger Mur phy had stolen 81bs. of bacon from their shop, but they had boxed his cars and sent him away. Mr. Selfe said he should certainly send Dennis Mur phy to a reformatory, and remanded the prisoners till Friday next, for the attendance of Murphy's father-in law. THAMES, COLONIAL. TEA.—The operations have been on a very limited scale, and quotations are unaltered. SUGAR.—Business has in some measure been suspended, owing to foggy weather, which has prevented the inspec ton of samples. In the private market, however, full rates are current. COFFEE.—The public sales of Colonial have been post poned owing to the fog, but late rates are generally de manded by holders and importers. RlCE.—There has been a good enquiry for inferior de scriptions for exportation, and quotations generally tend upwards. TALLow.—The market remains dull. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted new, 428; old, 41s 9d to 425. March, 41s 9d to 425, and last three months' 45s per cwt. THE BURNS MONUMENT AT EDINBURGH.—A very gratifying proof of the popularity of the mu seum now formed in this structure was afforded on the first two days of the year, when the number of visitors (each paying 2d.) amounted to nearly 600. Several interesting relics have been added within the last month, among which may be mentioned the snuff-horn of Souter Johnnie, con tributed byMr. Porteous, Maybole ; a snuff-box made from the wood of the Kilmarnocx printing-press, in which the first edition of Burns's poems was printed, presented by Mr. Hannay, Maybole ; a very characteristic letter from the bard to a Mr, Tennant, the gift of Mr. H. Houldsworth, jun., Glasgow ; and a letter from Mr. Burns to his early friend Sloan, containing a graphic description of the dissi pation which at that time prevailed at country roupings, presented by Councillor Palshaw, Edinburgh.--Scotsman. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--A very serious accident took place on Wednesday on the Northern Railway at the Pierrefitte station. A passenger -train which was due at Paris from Calais at a quarter past four, and which had been delayed by some injuries to its locomotive, had con• tinned its way with difficulty to the station just mentioned, and there stopped. The usual signals were immediately made to protect it, but at that moment a train from Brussels came in sight of the station, and,netwithstanding the signals made to stop it, ran violently into the former and knocked five of the carriages into pieces. Seeing tho impending danger, au inspector at the station had opened the carriage doors, so that a number of persons were able to alight. Five passengers were, however, killed, and 19 more or less seriously wounded. The persons in the Brussels train experienced no injury beyond the shock. All the wounded passengers were brought to Paris in the evening. Another account makes the number of sufferers, killed or wounded, to be 50, and states that ail the passengers' luggage has been burnt. Ths accident is attributed to the neglect and mismanagement of a pointsman. Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Thomas Chap man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present—Captain Sir E. Perrott, Bart., W. H. Harton, Esq., Admiral W. H. Hale, F.R.S., J. Boctefeur, Esq., Captain Egerton, R.N., John Griffith, Esq•, and Captain J. R. Ward, R.N, in spector of lifeboats to the institution. Mr. LEwls, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, rewards amount ing to £177 lls 6d were voted to pay the crews of the following lifeboats of the institution, in acknow ledgment of their gallant services in rescuing ship wrecked crews, consisting of 193 parsons hereinafter named :—Holyhead lifeboat, for saving 48 persons from the wrecked vessels—barque Confiance, of Liverpool; barque Elizabeth Morrow, of Glasgow; schooner l'Esi ere.nce, of Nantes; and schooner Elizabeth, of Whitehaven. Filey lifeboat, for rescu ing 2 out of 3 of a fishing boat crew. Tenby lifeboat, for saving a fishing boat's crew of 3 men. Barmouth lifeboat, for resetting the crew of 5 men from the schooner Margaret and Jane, of Dublin. Penarth lifeboat, for assisting to save the ship Jupiter and her crew of 8 men in a collision. Swansea life boat, for rescuing 18 men from the barque Duke of Northumberland, of London. Lland won lifeboat, for saving the schooner Harry Russell, of Barrow, and her crew of 8 men, and also the crew of 4 men from the brigan tine Maria, of Alnwick. Skerries lifeboat, for saving the lugger Vigilant, of Peel, Isle of Man, and her crew of 7 men, Southport lifeboat, for rescuing 8 of the crew of the ship David White Clinton, of New York. Port Madoc lifeboat, for saving the schooner Economy and her crew of 5 men. Irvine lifeboat, for saving 3 men from the smack Lewis, of Campbeltown. Aberystwith life boat, for assisting to save the brig Mary Anne, of Scilly, and her crew of 7 men. Thurso lifeboat, for rescuing the crew of 15 men from the barque Graces, of Shields. Lytham lifeboat, for saving the schooner Fame, of Preston, and her craw of 5 men. Bacton lifeboat, for saving 22 men from the barque Ina, o North Shields, and the schooner Ellen, of Jersey. Carmarthen Bay lifeboat, for assisting to save the ship British India, of Liverpool, and her crew of 27 men. Aldborough lifeboat, for rescuing 3 fishermen and the boat from destruction — making a total of 198 lives saved by the institution's lifeboats during the fearful gales of last month. The silver medal of the institution was voted to Mr. Wm. Cubitt, of Bacton, in testimony of his gallant services in the Bacton lifeboat, .as above mentioned. The silver medal of the institution was also voted to James Candlish, coxswain of the Lytham lifeboat of the society, iu testi mony of his general gallant conduct, in assisting to save in the lifeboat a large number of lives from various wrecks. Payments amounting to £133 14s. 2d. were also voted to pay the expenses of six teen lifeboats of the institution, on putting off in reply to signals of distress, with the view of saving life from vessels which did not from various causes ultimately require the assistance of the boats. Some of these services were often attended with as much risk and toil as those of the lifeboats which actually saved life. The Ramsgate lifeboat, in conjunction with the steam tug Aid, belonging to the Board of Trade, also performed a noble service on the night of the 2d ult., in rescuing, during a fearful gale of wind, 102 lives from the emigrant ship Fusilier, of London, and 18 men from the barque Demerara, of Greenock. The institution voted its silver medal to Isaac Jarman, the gallant coxswain of the life boat, and its thanks, inscribed on vellum, to the master of the steam tug. The crews of the boat and steamer have been paid elsewhere. Rewards amounting to £5l Ss. were also voted to the crews of shore boats and other persons for rescuing during the recent storms 56 lives from different wrGcks. Inspecting Lieutenant Kennedy R.N., of the Coast Guard, put off in a heavy gale of wind in a boat with his crew a four men to the rescue of the schooner Gleaner, off the coast of Kerry. After having been capsized twice in the heavy surf they succeeded on the third time, after extraordinary efforts, in getting through the breakers, and in saving the five shipwrecked men. The institution voted its silver medal to Lieutenant Kennedy, and £8 to his crew, in testimony of their intrepid and persevering services on the occasion. Again, the only survivor of the crew of the sloop Tredegar was seen on a plank near the shore, off Walton, and was seen suddenly to be washed off. A fisherman, named Charles Bacon, immediately rushed into the surf to his rescue. He was found insensible; but Bacon succeeded nevertheless in bringing him ashore, and afterwards, with some help, in carrying the poor man to a cottage. Many more cases of daring acts during the re cent storms might be detailed did space permit. However, it is satisfactory to know that 374 lives were saved from different wrecks during the storms of the past month by the lifeboats of the institu tion and other means—a most gratifying and en couraging result, and showing clearly the noble and strenuous efforts that are now constantly put forth to save shipwrecked sailors, mainly through the instrumentality of this valuable and patriotic society. Reports were read from the inspector and assis tant-inspector of lifeboats of the institution on their recent inspection of its lifeboats on the west and south-west coasts. The lifeboats were found every where in excellent order, and reflecting much credit on the local committees and the co,aswains of the boats. It was reported that Lady Cunningham Fairlie and E. W. Cooke, Esq., R.A., F.It.S.. had pre sentedtotheinstitution the cost of two lifeboats. Joseph Leather, Esq., of Fairfield Mount, had also promised to defray the cost of two lifeboats. Lady Cotton Sheppard had presented £250 to the institu tion, £5O of which sum she had collected from her friends and others, to defray the cost of an addi tional lifeboat for the Carnarvonshire coast. Her ladyship had previously given the society the cost collected upwards of £550 on the London Stock N. Rudge, Esq., had also of two lifeboats. W. Exchange for the institution. Sermons had been preached in aid of its [funds by the Reverend Frederick Reade, M.A., of Brighton; and by the Reverend J. IL M`Cheane, M.A,, of Leeds. Pay ments amounting to £1,420, were made on various lifeboat establishments. During the past month the society had sent new lifeboats to Pembrey, Eastbourne, and to Arklow, and eight other lifeboats were ordered to be built forthwith. The books and accounts for the past year of the institution were ordered to be Bent to Mr. Begbie, the public accountant, Who had been th© auditor of the society for the past ten or twelve years. A cordial vote of thanks was given to Mr. Chap man for his valuable and zealous co-operation dur ing the past year. A vote of thanks was also pre sented in similar terms to Sir Edward Perrott. Bart., as chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the society. The proceedings then terminated. CONSTANTINOPLE is, in all things most essential an Eastern place. Though it has no palm-trees, like Damascus and Bagdad, it is the capital of Islam. Though the camels do not litter the streets, as at Cairo and Jerusalem, it is the residence of the Sultan of Sultans, the Sheikh of Sheikhs. The hearts of all Moslems, that is to say, of nearly all Orientals, turn daily and hourly towards the Seraglio and the Seraskier Tower : whence go forth blessings or abominations over all the laud, from the mouths of the Danube to the waters of the Blue and White Niles. To Stamboul come all the children of the sun. The tall and pale Circassian, the dark-eyed, cunning Armenian, the subtle and dangerous Fanarioto Greek, the swarthy Arab, who lives in tents, the black Nubian from beyond the Soudan, the savage pirate of the Riff—all swarm to Con stantinople as their common capital and home. No spot in the world can show so strange a gathering of mere as the Pera bridge. Nor is either the street life or the domes tic life unbiblical. The costumes, the salutations, the veiled women, the riding on asses, the snapping and fighting of dogs, the street cries, the water carrying, the public foun tains, the gardens of trees and flowers, are all things of the Bible and of the East. In any suburb of Stamboul, as in every village of Islam, from Belgrade to Bagdad, the ox is yoked to the plough, the women draw water from the well, the slave or the menial servants tend the sheep. The life is everywhere that of Rachel and Ruth, of Saul and David. _ Atkenwtern. An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man, &c. It is difficult to say in these instances whether the praise or blame predominates, as must naturally happen when mixed characters are the subject, save only when he comes to Sir Joshua Reynolds, of whom he felt and delighted to feel, that there was nothing but praise to be spoken. I re member no English poet except, indeed, it be Milton—who made more harmonious use of proper names in his verses. (His excellency re peated the lines in which occur On Idra's cliff, as Arno's shelvy side.") I remember consoling my self with that couplet for a whole day when I was becalmed off the mouth of the Altama. But, above all, the passage I quote too, for other reasons, not the least of these being that it seems to me to be strung to the highest chord in the whole compass of his lyre— And then, sweet Poetry ! thou loveliest maid, &c. Hence the full burst of harmony— Farewell I and, oh, where'er thy voice be tried, &c. Well, these tables are turned, at all events. Why are we not here to-day, the goodliest of the city— rank, amiability, talent, beauty—but to pay honour to what he thought neglected and decried, to what was his shame in crowds ? Here, in front of his own university, where he was the obscure sizar, but where he has given occasion to every sizar since to feel proud of his position; even here, where we are told that he was laid prostrate on the floor by his brutal tutor Mr. Wilder—there are no such tutors in Trinity College now the home of all dignified and gentle learning, under the mild survey of the vene rable provost—(applause)—even here we are gathered round the poet's statue, before London has erected a single statue in the open air to any of England's mighty bards. Mr. Foley has amply atoned for Mr. Wilder." Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Lord Carlisle on Oliver Goldsmith, In his address at the inauguration of the Gold smith statute at Dublin, on Tuesday, Lord Carlisle said :—" We contemplate a career (Goldsmith's) not free from imprudence, from error, or even from ridicule, but redeemed by the most guileless sim plicity, by the most romantic benevolence, and by the most manly independence. (Cheers.) We oontemplate a genius of which no more accurate or pithy summary can be given than in the words which his great friend, Dr. Johnson, inscribed upon the stone which bears his name in 'Westminster Abbey There was no style of composition which he did not essay—none he essayed which he did not adorn.' But of so much variety and so much excel lenCe, if I were called upon to select the most strik ing specimens, I should naturally name 'The Deserted Village,' The Traveller,' and above all, perhaps The Vicar of Wakefield.' Why the walls of the Royal Academy of England would not know themselves if a single year came round without exhibiting a subject from the Vicar of Wakefield.' Still, novelist, historian, satirist, essay ist, dramatist as he may be, it is mainly as a poet that we represent to ourselves Oliver Goldsmith. If I were to search for an adjective by which to dis tinguish his poetry, I do not think I could find one so fitting as exquisite.' Others have soared to greater heights, and shed intenser light in the poetical heaven ; but where was ever combined more perfect rhythm, more mellow harmony, more refined simplicity, more graceful truth ? Short as my limits must needs be, I would justify my praise by the most convincing process I could use, by recalling a few notes of music of his strain to your, I am sure, not unaccustomed ears. (Cheers.) Take the decline of a virtuous oid age—lines I once heard with singular effect ap plied by Lord Brougham to Mr. Wilberforce. (Here his Excellency repeated the passage commencing with the line, ' For him no wretches born to work and weep.') From this it is no violent transition to the country clergyman. It is very refreshing to observe how Goldsmith, amidst all his own irregu larities and weaknesses, cherished in his heart of hearts the most genuine and fervid sympathy with goodness. In the case before us this feeling is pro bably heightened by both his filial and fraternal affection. (Here his Excellency quoted the pas sage commencing, At church, with meek and unaffected grace,' and proceeded.) Goldsmith had a most happy gift of satire. I consider Pope to have been the greatest master that ever lived, both of the most exquisite panegyric and one of the most fierce and flaying invective. Between these two extremes Goldsmith could hit off the character of his acquaintance with a touch that was keen, incisive, but never ungentle. (Hear, hear.) Thus, he said, of his great iriend Edmund Burke, of whma I shall still have to say a word more—(His Excellency here quoted the passage beginning with the line ' Here lies our great Edmund, whose genius was such.') Then of Garrick— Here lies David Garrick, describe him who can, INCENDIARISM IN YORKSHIRE. At the Epiphany Sessions for the East Riding, held on Tuesday, the magistrates held a long discussion upon the subject of the recent numerous incendiary fires in the stack yards of the Yorkshire Wolds, not one of which had been traced to its author. The chief constable stated the measures he had taken to trace the origin of the fires, one of which was the employment of detectives, which the Police Com mittee sanctioned, and also resolved that the extra expenses should be paid from the police fund. The appended com munication was read, received from the Home-office : " Whitehall, Jan. 1, 1864. Sir, —I am directed by Secre tary Sir George Grey to inform you that, having been in communication with Lieut.-Col. Woodford, her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary for the Northern district, on the subject of the incendiary fires, which have of late occurred in the East Riding, he has received a report from that officer, recommending that a temporary increase should be made in the members of the constabulary force, and that the county magistrates should taken into consideration the pro priety of further dividing the Riding into police districts, co-extensive with the remaining petty sessional division of the Act 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 88, sec. 27.-4 am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON. C. W. Strickland, Esq., chairman of Quarter Sessions, East Riding of York." The Hon. Admiral Duncombe said it seemed singular that, although the first fire of the series occurred in the first week in October, information was only sent to the Secretary of State on the 15th of December. The reason was the inabi lity of the committee to sanction any measures that might be adopted for the suppression of the fires. He was of opi nion that an extra expenditure should be agreed to, and that if detectives were employed they should not be subjected to interference from the police. Lord Wenlock explained that he wrote to Government on the 16th or 17th of December, urging the offer of £too reward and a free pardon to any accomplice. In answer to this request there were now two detectives employed in investigating the fires, and he hoped the farmers would aid them as much as possible. There could not be two opinions about the fre quent recurrence of these crimes being a disgrace to the Riding. His Lordship had undertaken to visit every place where a fire had occurred, and took the occasion to deny the truth of the rumour that an ill feeling existed between masters and servants. From the servants themselves he learnt that wages were higher, rather than lower, and that the condition of the working population of the Wolds was one of comparative comfort. Wages were Bs. per week, with meat, and 14s. to 15s, otherwise. The Police Com mittee's report was then agreed to, and the trials of pri soners proceeded. The North Riding Sessions were held the same day. The only subject of importance was a de bate upon the recommendation of the Police Committee to continue the teasing of oakum in substitution for the treadwheel. The light but monotonous labour of oakum picking was most trying, and some old offenders greatly preferred to work at the wheel. An amendment was pro posed to return to the wheel, but was lost, the report being carried by a considerable majority. REGISTERED LETTERS FOR JERUSALEM. , --AS the regulations of the French Post-office do not allow of registered letters for Jerusalem being sent via France, all letters addressed to Jerusalem which the writers desire to register, will, iu future be sent via Belgium and Germany, and the rate of postage applicable to letters forwarded by that route must bo prepaid upon them, viz. :—Not exceeding oz, is ld ; above ez, and nut exceeding 1 ez, 2s 2d , above 1 ez, and not exceeding 2 Las, 4s 4d; every ounce after the first, 2s 2d. In addition to this postage, a registered lee of 6d must be paid in advance upon registered letters for Jeru salem. —By command of the Postmaster-General, ;Row- LAND HILL, Secretary. Sin JAMES OuTr-Am.—At a meeting of the Town Council of Aberdeen, on Monday afternoon, Provost Anderson suggested that he should be authorised to com municate with the committee at present making arrange ments for erecting a statue to the memory of Sir James Outran', pointing out the claims of Aberdeen to be the site of the monument, seeing that the " Bayard of India" had received his education in Aberdeen, and spent a good deal of his early life there. The proposal was seconded by the Dean of build, and unanimously agreed to. CONVICTION AND SENTENCE OF FOUR PUGI LISTS.--At St. Alban's Sessions yesterday, James Tyson, Daniel Morris, Joseph Goss, William Evans (other wise known as William Broome), and John Coney, pleaded guilty to an indictment for unlawfully and riotously assem bling and disturbing the peace, and were bound over in the sum of £5O, and two sureties of £25 each, or one surety of £5O, to keep the peace for 12 months. The necessary bail was duly entered into, and the defendants left the court, and soon after the town. CANADIAN MAIL.—The Canadian mnil steamer Damascus sailed yesterday from Liverpool for. Portland with the Canadian mails. Besides these she also took out about 70 passengers and a fair amount of cargo. BLACKBERRIES IN JANUARY.—It is a remark able fact that ripe blackberries are now frequently to be found in the hedge-rows in this part of Devonshire and the borders of Somerset. On the last day of the old year a youth called Nelder, of this town, picked a very fine bunch of ripe blackberries oa Exeter-hill ; and on New Year's-day several blackberries and a fine bunch of ripe ones were also found in the hedge-rows near the Ottery-road station of the South-Western Railway Com pany.— Tiver ton Gazette. OUTRAGES ON THE YORKSHIRE WOLDS.—In addition to the alarm experienced from the fre quent incendiary fires the Wold farmers seem to be threat ened with the additional danger of burglars. On Monday night Mr. Pinder, of Linton Wold, was aroused by an alarm of " A man in the house I" Mr. Pinder at once proceeded to the dairy, armed with a revolver, where he found a man looking through the window. Although in his nightdress, Mr Pinder, after assuring himself that the man was not the watchman from the stackyard, gave chase, and on the fellow refusing to obey the summons to stop, fired at him, and, judging by the blood left on the ground, hit him. The shot, however, did not hinder the burglar, or whatever he was, from escaping into the darkness. The adventures of the night were, however, not at an end. Early on Tuesday morning the servants, who were astir early, were alarmed by a man looking through the kitchen window. This fellow, finding they were giving a second alarm, fired a gun into the house, smashing the glass of the window to atoms. This second nocturnal visitor is believed to have been an other man. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights the visit of these marauders were repeated, but, as Mr. Pinder and all his men were astir, the ruffians had no chance of opera tion, and it is to be regretted that, favoured by the dark ness, they have contrived to elude pursuit in each case. On Thursday Mr. Pinder gave notice of these strange events to the police. The watchman at the stackyard, some dis tance from the house, heard nothing. A DERELICT VESSEL SECURED.—A large ciis masted vessel, supposed to be. derelict, had been repeatedlyseenfloating between the Scilly Isles and the main land. On Tuesday some of the pilots from Scilly again descried the ship and determined to board her. They did so, and found that she was the brig Minna, of Hanover, about 300 tons register, laden with deals. No living creature was on board, and it is conjectured that the Minna, being dis tressed, was abandoned by her crew, the fate of whom is not known. The brig, it is believed, was outward bound. The pilots, :after much labour, succeeded in towing the Minna to land at Scilly, and on Tuesday evening Lloyd's agent at Penzance, W. D. Matthews, Esq., received infor mation of the circumstance. Mrs. Butt, the wife of Mr. Butt, auctioneer, Sheffield, was garotted about nine o'clock, on Tuesday evening as she was returning from the town, and when within a short distance of home. She was followed and attacked by three men, one of whom threw his arm round her neck and held her tightly until the others broke her watch-guard and possessed themselves of both watch and chain. One of the scamps then struck Mrs. Butt a violent blow on the face, knocking her down and breaking several of her teeth.--Manchester Guardian. PLLNETAItY THEORY.-It is well known that there exists between the distances of the planets from the Sun a certain arithmetical relation constituting the irregularly increasing series 4, 7, 10, 16, 52, 100, 196, 388, and that the reason why astronomers decided that there must be some unknown planet between Mars and Jupiter was, that this eerier), commonly called Bode's law, from its discoverer, presents a singular interruption between 16 and 52, the terms corresponding to those two planets. Whether correct or not, this law led observers to look for the missing planet, and the result has been, as we all know, the discovery of 78 telescopic planets, the mean distance of all these being very nearly the missing term in Bode's series, viz., 28. But now comes the fact that the real distances of the planets do not in any instance exactly agree with the terms of Bode's law, the actual distances being in integers 4, 7, 10, 15, 27, 52, 95, 192, and 300: The immense differ ence of 88 between the real distances of Uranus and its theo retical one, which is 383, ought to have led astronomers to suppose, as is the case with Mars and Jupiter, that there must exist an unknown planet, or a belt of asteroids between Uranus and Neptune; but this is not the case, and all their efforts have been hitherto directed towards finding a law or series which may agree better with actual facts than Bode's law. Thus, at the last meeting of the British Association, Mr. R. S. Brown proposed a series which reduces Neptune's difference to 55, but which on the other hand produces much more divergent terms fur the other planets t and iu the Philosophical Magazine We now find a paper by Mr. E. Vensittart Neale, in which the author endeavours to grapple with the difficulty, by dividing the planets into two groups; the first commencing with Venus, and the second with Jupiter. The series of the first group is then made by multiplying 2 by 3,6, and 12 successively, giving the numbers 2,6, 12, 24; the serious of the second group is obtained by multiplying the last term 24 by 3,6, and 12, which gives the series 24, 72, 144, 288. In this hypothesis we must now add to each term of the first group the theoretical distance of Mercury, which is 2; and to each term of the second group the same nu:uber 2, and then 24, whereby the whole series becomes 2,4, 8, 14, 26, 50, 98, 170, and 314. Comparing these numbers with the actual distances given above, we do not see that much is gained ; for although in the case of Neptune the difference is reduced to 14, great discrepancies exist between the first terms, law. v ,‘hieh on the other hand are very nearly given by PLYMOUTH, Jan. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Roman, screw steamer, for the Cape of Good Hope—Caransius, for Hong Kong. FALMOUTH, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Marian, for Mexico. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 7.—Arrived —City of Washington, from New York. HOLYHEAD, Jah. 7.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Anna, for Matamoras. 50 i 'l26i 133 1101 11 1081 1072 1 1 102 79 81 33; 96 51 6 10k k ENGLISH AND IRISH BANK. MEETING THIS DAY. The first ordinary general meeting of share holders of the English and Irish Bank was held to-day—Sir Robert Carden in the chair. The report stated that the profit and loss account showed that the gross profits of the bank had been £9,298 13s. 2d. Out of this sum all current ex penses had been defrayed, and bad and doubtful debts fully allowed for; leaving a profit of £1,997 6s. 11d., which it was proposed to carry to profit and loss new account, as the directors considered it undesirable to divide it at this early period. In estimating the result it should be borne in mind that the capital called up to Jane was too small to allow of any profit to that date, and that the expenses of a new undertaking were always disproportionately heavy. The CHAIRMAN, in submitting a motion for the adoption of the report, congratulated the share holders upon the success the bank had attaieed since its establishment. The capital was small, but the directors had nevertheless earned a gross profit of 12i per cent., and a net profit of 5 per cent. The shares issued numbered 7,282. The report was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks pissed in favour of the directors. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet. Sales about 1,500 bales, WEEKLY REPORT. Sales of the week, 43,180—spec, 10,919—export, 6,ooo—actual sales, 2,924. Quotations—Middling Orleans, 28—Mobile, 27:1 —Upland, 271—fair Egyptian, 281. Week's imports, 10,752—estimated stock, 262,900 —Surats, 1,526, DEATH OF THE DEAN OF CORK.—The Cork Ex aminer announces the death of Dean Newman, of Cork, which took place at the Deanery-house, St. Pinbar'e, on Tuesday afternoon. THE CITY POLlCE.—Yesterday this body of men appeared in their new winter clothing. A comfortable and becoming feature in the uniform this cold and inclement weather is the addition of antigropelos or leather leggings. sismilar to those worn by some of the volunteers. THE GREAT DOOR OF THE CAPITOL, WASH INGTON, which has been in hand for several years, has been delivered, and is expected soon to fill its place in the palace of the Federal Legislature. It was designed by Mr. R. Rogers, an American artist of Rome, is of bronze, and its decoration illustrates the history of Columbus. CERVANTES.—A literary relic of Cervantes, which if genuine is of the highest value and interest, has been discovered at Madrid. It is a poetical epistle, hitherto en tirely unknown, from Cervantes, when a captive at Algiers, to Matteo Vasquez, Secretary of State to King Philip the Second. ANGLO. LATIN WoßDS.—About one-third of the words to be found in English dictionaries are de rived from Latin and Greek primitives. They are nearly 13,000 in number, and spring from 154 ancient roots. Thus from capio and captunt, we have 197 words; from duco and ductum, 156 ; from faro and latum, 193 ; from tnitto and missunt, 174; from plico, 200 ; from pono and positum, 250 ; from specio, 177 ; from teneo and tentuni, 168 ; and from tento and tensum, 162, A NEW ART-JOURNAL is announced to appear in morthly parts, under the title of The Art Student, the first part of which will be published on the Ist of next month by Messrs. Hall, Smart, and Allen of Paternoster-row. AT HOME AT THE ANTIPODES. Somes of our shops would do credit to the best trade thoroughfares of London, and in them is to be found every novelty, within two months of its appearance in England Between 4,000 and 5,030 of us are volunteers—artillery, cavalry, engineers, rifles, and naval brigade—and we aro about as efficient, and have about as great an idea of our military appearance and talent as you fellows who volunteer in England. We have our reviews and our annual encamp ments on the Werribee plains, near Geelong ; and we are told by our inspecting officers that " they never saw regular troops execute," &c, So that, altogether, we glorify our selves as you do. Besides volunteering our youth are wont to invigorate themselves with cricket, football, and all the other games in which young England delights. Cricket is exceedingly popular among us ; witness cur match with the All England Eleven, and their second visit to us, sh ort l y to be made. We are a charity people too. The chief public establishments in this way are the Benevolent Asylum, the Hospital, and the Yarra Bend (so called from being prettily situated at a bend of the river Yarra) Lunatic Asylum. There are plenty of other hospitals and the like in different parts of the colony. Having a proper regard to appear ances, we have decorated our city with some very fine pub lic buildings. Our treasury, club-house, and scme of our banks, are very handsome, as are also many of our mer chants' stores or warehouses. The Houses of Parliament, the new Post-office, the University, and the Public Library, will be, when completed, creditable to our architects. People who come out to this other England with rather green ideas about " life in the bush," and so on, are amazed when they find what manner of place Melbourne is. As to our means of communication, we really do not paddle from harbour to harbour, and up and down rivers in canoes, or make overland journeys entirely on foot or on horseback ; but we have plenty of good steamers, coaches, and railways, and some fine engineering works connected with the last. There is a complete system of telegraphic communication within and between the different colonies. Melbourne streets are noisy with Hansoms and omnibuses, but the principal vehicle for passenger traffic is what is known as the low-backed car. This vehicle contains two seats, run ning, not fore and aft, but athwartships, accommodates five besides the driver, has a light roof with curtains in case of need, and is drawn by a single horse. There was a very good specimen of one of these cars in the last Exhibition. Most people who come out appear at first to look upon themselves as a superior race of beings, and qualified to in struct us on many points. A " new chum," as recent arrivals are called, is known at once lay the "old hands." His elegant saunter, his very new clothes, and his air of affability and patronage, mark him out unmistakably. But the new chum, like the Indian gruff, is soon brought to his level, and soon becomes qualified to instruct his friends, on his return home, as to the real state of things in the England far away over the waters,—Diek ens' s"..111 the Year Round." SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. B.—Wind this day at noon—North. West; moderate breeze, and thick, foggy weather, with frost. SECOND EDITIO.N. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocii. ITALY. Tho son of the late ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany has published a protest, dated Lindau, Dec. 17, against any alienation by the Italian Government of the ecclesiastical or monastic property, the public museums and libraries, or the possessions of the charitable institutiors of the Grand Dachy, to the profit of the Sardinian treasury. The Prince, in this document, assumes the title of Ferdinand Iv., Grand Duke of Tuscany. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 7.—Codan, from Stockholm; Napoleon, from Gravelines ; Caroline, from Memel; Farner, from Horsens; Julia and Sophie, from Nibe ; Mary Stewart, from Gothenburg; Thetis, fromNykiobing ; Jarmany, from Cronstadt. _ _ . DEAL, Friday Morning. Anchored.—Wellesley, from London, for Port Phillip, Bank of England Return,---Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending . on Wednesday, the 6th day of Jan., 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. botee lamed ......428,154,280, Government Debt £11,015,1C 0 Other Securities .. 3.6.34,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,511,280 Silver Bullion .... £28,104,2801 428,164,280 Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- _ _ _ _ . counts) 10,001,982 Other Deposits 13,01;601 Seven Day and other Bills 601,044 X t 1,518.446 M. I Jan. 7, 1364. , EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,957,330 Other_ Securities 22.432,763 Notes Gold and Silver 682,1U1 Coln £41,518,440, RSHALL, Chief Cashier. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTU FEBI RES FOR 1864. ;lIARY. Harrow Chelmsford Spring Lincoln Hungerford :CH. Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Warwick Spring Durham Northampton 29 Catterick 3O AP Croxton-park Edinburgh Spring 2 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 - 7' Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Bath Manchester rarpenden 2O Epsom 24 Ascot' Hampton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury .. 22 TYE. I Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B Newcastle-on -'Tyne Worcest,r (Summer) Ipswich .. rLY. Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July Pontefract "Nottingham Stamford Winchester l9 Southampton 2O I Goodwood GUST. Art Brighton.. 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Reading Egham .. l6 Oxford .. is York August 23 Plymouth Derby Lichfield 3O Stockton Devon and Exeter Lichfield DR. CULLEN ON " MIXED MARRIAGES."--Dr. Cullen has issued a letter to the priests under his jurisdiction, giving them instructions how to act under the new law :elating to the registration of marriages in Ireland. In the course of his letter he says :—" As to mixed mar riages, or marriages between Protestants and Catholics, you are to use all your influence to prevent them. Thcugh when they take place they are valid, and, notwithstanding civil enactments to the contrary, bind in conscience ; yet the Church condemns them as detestable and abominable, and they are generally the occasion of the greatest evils, both as regards the happiness of the parties, and the practice of religion, as well as the Christian education of children. Such marriages cannot b e allowed in any case, unless by pontifical authority, and even when a dispensation is I granted, no sacred rite can be performeed by the priest when the contract is entered into. * * • Any marriage contracted between two Catholics without the presence of the pariah priest of either party, or another priest properly deputed, is a clandestine marriage, and us such, since the publication of the decree of the Council of Trent, is null and void iu the sight of Gad Hence all marriages contracted in this country by two Catholics before rt.gibtered or Pro testant ministers have no force in the sight of God ; and all who live in such marriages remain in a state of coneubiu age ; they are bound to separate or take measures to be properly married. In the diocese all Catholics who attempt i li t t , n a d n es d t i n th % a at e li Nt '.a it r n ri c ''' s g sri e % as ar N e val e l et 'icy should avoid such invalid marriages, lest,xia maledictions of x a c s o no the , u p n e i r e c a o t n e ( s i who e 11.; rate a t Hence the faithful will easily understand bobwiPs°arefull contract ing them, they bring on themselves the • Heaven, instead of the ble ssin g s of religion. The Precursors of r t the 1. eft, in ti:e bers o meeting held by the radical society called s t a tes that at a alle . d the Plebiseito,. it was resolved to inviie the mem Italian Chamber to resign their seats (U masse.